In this #1 New York Times bestseller from the world’s most popular storyteller, Detectives Alex Cross and John Sampson go deep behind military lines to confront a team of assassins known as the Four Blind Mice.
The inspiration for #1 hit streaming show, Cross.
Detective Alex Cross is on his way to resign from Washington DC’s Metro PD when his partner John Sampson’s military past collides with civic duty.
When a friend from Sampson’s Army days is arrested for murder on evidence strong enough to invoke the death penalty, Sampson and Cross discover clues overlooked—or concealed—by the military. Leads point to three elite killers and an even more skillful commander.
Cross and Sampson are about to find out how their street training and almost telepathic mutual trust stack up against the darkest impulses of military authority.
“A murder mystery of the highest order.” —Boston Herald
“The best Cross yet…. Everything clicks in this novel…it sure is entertainment.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
